Saturday, October 30, 2010

Apparently I won an Eagle Award for "favourite Colourist" the other night, over in the UK. The ceremony for the Eagles being at the MCM Expo which I try to hit at least once a yeah but already did in May so had to miss this one, bugger!

Huge thanks to everyone who voted. Means a bit since it was a more public vote, so *you* crazy people actually think my colouring is somewhat interesting. Cheers!

Oh...now, it's also Halloween and I just got sent this by Bryce ( or Spider, that's the name I have ) Many, MANY thanks man! So have a happy one. I shaved Marvin so I can be a 10th Doctor Who tonight. I now have the RIGHT sonic screwdriver and Psychic paper, so I'm set thanks to an awesome guy who GAVE me these things at ZomBcon, which I'll be at all day today.

Yes, the kind Lomography folks gave me a Diana to abuse. So naturally, I added some quickly sculpted tentacles & tumours. Wanted to take a lot more time on it but between the travel, work & general life stresses, I had to be quick because I'm so behind. Completed this in about a day & a half.

*** UPDATE: Yes, they've now taken down the image of me ( awwww ) and privately apologised to Aaron, who took the photo. I still had good fun though.

I have to address the author of this fine piece of literature. Alex, I am the guy in the top picture you chose. I'm guessing you got it from a comic book related website, since that's what I generally do. So you're probably a geek. And a girl. I admire that. Geekdom needs more ladies. Embrace the geek. Even if you have no idea who the hell I am. ( I don't really know some times myself, ).

I am Australian. I have no idea about American frat boy culture, douchey or otherwise, apart from what I see on TV and movies. To me it's quintessentially American and rather cro-magnon. The most I did in university was stay at the bar too long when I should have been attending a lecture. No frat parties or these clubs men all go and rub their half naked bodies over each other while consuming kegs of cheap nasty toilet water ( What Australians call American beer ) Frat boys and their little clubs always came off as rather homosexual to me. Not that there's *anything* wrong with being homosexual, I might add. It's all a bit US military contractor for me really. Since that's what they actually do with US taxpayer dollars, over at Xe ( Blackwater ). Not really my style. Just give me a few tequila shots and I'm likely to leave amusing messages on other people's phones because they think my accent is funny.

So, to address some of the finer points up for discussion in your article:

I wear suits. ( As in that image you've used. ) They are custom made for me, by a tailor. I also have cobra skin shoes custom made from a cobbler, if you're interested. I've even appeared on a fashion blog. Go figure. Life is strange that way.

I drink GUINNESS. This is not Coors Light, or Bud, or any of that pissant crap "macho" dudes can actually get drunk on. I mean, I drank shit beer at Uni but at least it wasn't that filth.

I DO smoke cigars. With guys. ALSO, with women. Women smoking cigars is AWESOME by the way. Sometimes Most of the time, they are also CUBAN. ( The cigars, not the women ) and yes, I do slightly consider myself of a little more class and means than the average young pup American frat boy who likes to get blind drunk and poke anything that moves with his probably less than average flacid man-meat in the brief period between drinking too much light beer and passing out with his shirtless, probably pantless piece of pudge lying on the floor ready for his friends to shave the eyebrows off of.

In short, you picked the perfect person to headline your article. Great job! I'll be posting this, or some other snarky type of rant, over on my blog. Because this has amused me no end. I apologise for all the traffic this article may get. It's not because it was particularly popular or anything. Obviously, it's because of the photo of me. I tweeted it because I think it's awesome. Which it is. And now I'm blogging about it because, well, I never in my life thought I'd wind up on a site like "College Candy" which already sounds soft porn enough to me. Please feel free to use any other pictures of me you may find. Many are taken by fans. And yes, I am in bars a lot, so there's plenty of fodder if you want to write anything on drunken artsy Aussies who draw comics and such.

But, you see, that picture was taken by my friend, Aaron Munter. He'd love a credit. Maybe you got it from his flickr even? Cheers. I'm kind of miffed you couldn't find an image of me for every single catagory you wrote about. The sad thing is, you probably COULD. I've stood on top of school buses while flipping off passers by. I've danced in front of "God Hates Fags" types in a suit & I've had my arse painted on in front of a large group of people.

Mucho love, please make me your frat boy mascot or something. It'd be a lot of fun. Maybe I can even tour South Carolina, riding a giant keg? think of the possibilities. You'll have created a monster, Alex.

I am actually sorry if you think I'm being mean, Honest, I'm not. I'm just having the most fun in ages fun pointing out how non frat boy I am and how much I loathe that sort of culture. And maybe check which pictures you use next time.

Monday, October 04, 2010

Taken directly from their website. Sadly I can't attend, though I'm participating but head on down and support some good charities. I'll blog the making of my custom Lomo at some point soon.

The Diana World Tour has finally made its way to Los Angeles! Come to the Lomography Gallery Store LA on Thursday, October 14 to catch a glimpse of the world-famous Detrich Collection, feast your eyes Vignettes from the City of Angels photo exhibition, and start the bidding on our Custom Clones and Vignettes being auctioned off for charity. Team that up with a month of Diana F+ inspired workshops and LomoJourneys, all the greatest deals on Diana F+ products, and you’re in store for an all out Diana F+ riot!

The Customized Clones exhibition is a collection of Diana F+ cameras customized by some of the most interesting artists, illustrators, creative types, Lomographers and philanthropists that Los Angeles has to offer!
Participants include:

So many of our Custom Clone collaborators wanted to be included in the Vignettes from the City of Angels exhibition, that a select group of artists have submitted Diana F+ lomographs to be auctioned off to a charity of their choosing.
Participants include:

“Vignettes from the City of Angels” features Lomographs captured with the plastic lens of the Diana F+ inspired by Los Angeles… be it our favorite people, places, or things; or an image that represents how LA makes us feel and the way of life it promotes.Check out our winning entries!

By tirelessly searching its many hidden nooks and crannies – and by placing a hell of a lot of Ebay bids – Mr. Allan Detrich was able to amass what must be the most incredible, diverse, and mouth-watering collection of Diana cameras and Diana clones in the entire world.

Live entertainment c/o The Petrojvic Blasting Co. and DJ Jack Hughes, free gifts, delectable snacks and liquid libations await as well, culminating in a night sure to satisfy all your senses and truly kick off the month-long celebration of all things Diana with a bang!